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Photo, Print, Drawing Royal Singing Convention, Mystic, Georgia; Zema Doss, Chula, Georgia, yard decorations

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Title

  • Royal Singing Convention, Mystic, Georgia; Zema Doss, Chula, Georgia, yard decorations

Names

  • Lightfoot, William E. (William Edwin), 1940- (Collector)
  • Lightfoot, William E. (William Edwin), 1940-

Created / Published

  • Mystic, Georgia; Chula, Georgia, July 17, 1977

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Georgia
  • -  Photographs
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  United States -- Georgia -- Irwin County -- Mystic
  • -  United States -- Georgia -- Tift County -- Chula

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography

Notes

  • -  Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers.
  • -  Frame numbers and descriptions: at the Royal Singing Convention in the Royal Singing Tabernacle, Mystic GA (17 July 1977): 001, Erston Royal (in white coat), the grandson of convention founder Uncle Billy Royal (William Jackson Royal 1850-1931), fieldworker's notes state, "one of the oldest members of the convention," sitting next to John R. Bussell; 002-003, Erston Royal at microphone; 004, unidentified member of audience; 005-006, Erston Royal, John Bussell, and others on stage during the convention's closing moments; 007-008, John R. Bussell standing with support from his friends; 009, Mr. Bussell, others unidentified; 010, Erston Royal, other man unidentified; 011, audience during closing moments of session; 012, J. C. Cooper leading closing songs "Near the Cross"; 013-016, participants leaving the tabernacle; 017, random exposure; sound recordings from the Royal Singing Convention are identified by call numbers AFC 1982/010: AFS 20874 through AFS 20881 and AFS 20997 through AFS 20999; video recordings are identified by field project identifiers GA7-V1, GA7-V2, and a portion of GA7-V3; at the home of Zema Doss near Chula GA, location indicated on Lightfoot's field map for Tift County GA as site 4 (approx. lat long: 31.518769, -83.559812) (21 July 1977), sound recording made at this event is identified by call number AFC 1982/010: AFS 21000: 018, Zema Doss’s home; 019-020, old well converted into a flower holder; 021-028, Mrs. Doss's back yard with dozens of flower arrangements, fieldworker's notes state, "she calls her flowers her 'pretties'"; 029, Zema Doss's back porch; 030, male shoe form, used for making shoes; 031, female shoe form; 032, both shoe forms; 033-036, Zema Doss's back porch and decorations.

Medium

  • 35 mm black-and-white film negatives

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1982/010: 1-17435

Source Collection

  • South-Central Georgia Folklife Project collection (AFC 1982/010)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

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Credit line: South-Central Georgia Folklife Project collection (AFC 1982/010), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Lightfoot, William E, and William E Lightfoot. Royal Singing Convention, Mystic, Georgia; Zema Doss, Chula, Georgia, yard decorations. Georgia Tift County United States Irwin County Mystic Chula, 1977. Mystic, Georgia; Chula, Georgia. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1982010_17435_1/.

APA citation style:

Lightfoot, W. E. & Lightfoot, W. E. (1977) Royal Singing Convention, Mystic, Georgia; Zema Doss, Chula, Georgia, yard decorations. Georgia Tift County United States Irwin County Mystic Chula, 1977. Mystic, Georgia; Chula, Georgia. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1982010_17435_1/.

MLA citation style:

Lightfoot, William E, and William E Lightfoot. Royal Singing Convention, Mystic, Georgia; Zema Doss, Chula, Georgia, yard decorations. Mystic, Georgia; Chula, Georgia. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1982010_17435_1/>.